Category: Results of PPD

Happy Maternal Mental Health Week 2017! Hello all! I apologize for ducking out of posting last week, but I think today I’ll share a little of why I disappeared. It actually has quite a bit to do with today’s topic of Maternal Mental Health Week! I really needed help last week to get my mental…

Truth time: my home isn’t clean. Do you want to know why? It’s not for lack of trying, I’ll say that. I spent most of this week working on cleaning my tiny apartment as I mentioned in Monday’s post, but instead of stalling out, I became busy instead. If you’ve been hanging out with me…

Y’all are in for a treat today! We’ve been talking about doing some serious spring cleaning, and you’ve seen my awesome success after I started working on my own home. Well…now it’s your turn! That’s right, today I’m going to put you to work on a spring cleaning challenge I designed just for you! You’re…

I talked about comparison in my last post because I struggle with comparing myself and my home to others. It’s a constant battle to remind myself that God gave me what I have and I’m expected to use it for His glory. Today I want to share a little about my day to day and…

Last time we talked about the cycle of depression in the home. It’s a scary place for me to be because I know how easy it is for me to sink even further into depression and not want to help myself get out of it. For that reason, today I’m sharing why it’s so important…

I looked around the bedroom, studied the piles of clothes on the no-longer-in-use bassinet and the motley collection of jewelry and random beauty products on the top shelf of the dresser. I saw the dust-covered knickknacks on the dresser surface with the various clothes piled here and there. I leaned back and noticed the things…

A few weeks after Emmeric was born, I found myself sinking into a depression like I haven’t experienced since I was in middle school. I walked around the house in a painful fog, my brain on autopilot. My body struggled to recover from a painful delivery and extensive tearing that scarred me internally. My brain…